The Israeli opposition will ask next week to dissolve the parliament
The Israeli opposition will ask next week to dissolve the Parliament, which would force to hold early elections, after the ultra -religious leaders who support the government indicate that they will give their approval to the proposal.
Yesh Atid party, by Yair Lapid, announced today on social networks that next week will present a proposal to dissolve the Knéset (the Israeli Parliament). The Israel Beitenu party, led by Avigdor Liberman, made a similar announcement. Liberman, in a message on his social network X account, said the proposal will be presented on Monday. “The October 7 government must go home,” the politician wrote.
The announcement comes after several Israeli media published that the leaders of several ultra -religious factions have ordered the Israeli ultra -orthodox parties to withdraw their support to the Government of Benjamín Netanyahu. According to the Israeli media Maariv, the decision comes after last night the ultra -orthodox maintained an unsuccessful meeting with Yuli Edelstein, the parliamentarian in charge of processing a bill to exempt most of the ultra -religious Jews of the mandatory military service.
The two ultra -orthodox parties of Israel, Shas and Judaism united from the Torah, are key to the stability of the coalition led by Netanyahu, and both have been blocking part of the legislative activity in the country for weeks in protest in protest for the slowness of the Executive to approve the Military Exemption Plan.
According to Israeli media, the support of Shas to the motion to dissolve the Parliament is still an unknown, and Netanyahu still has a margin to seek a commitment that allows the government to be kept afloat.
The ultra -orthodox, key to the stability of the coalition, want the government to approve a plan that allows to maintain much of the military exemptions to the members of their community that, from the foundation of the state of Israel, allowed the Jews who studied full time in a religious school not to do the mandatory military service. In June 2024, after expiring the temporary provision that allowed exemptions (the matter had never been ratified by law), the Supreme Court ordered the Army to begin to enlist the ultra -orthodox, which forced the government to implement a proposal of law to maintain much of the exemptions, although it also contemplates the enlistment of some ultra -religious.
The initiative, however, has been blocked in Parliament for months, since Edelstein, the parliamentarian in charge of processing it, refuses to contemplate a proposal that does not significantly increase the number of people who can recruit the army.
The military exemption of the ultra -orthodox is a controversial issue in Israel, especially since the war in the Gaza Strip began, which has led the government to extend the duration of compulsory military service and to mobilize tens of thousands of reservists to maintain its offensive. (EFE)
